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| | Feminae Romanae: The Women of Ancient Rome (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Thus in the early stories of Rome, we meet Cloelia, Lucretia, Veturia and Verginia, women who took the male concept of "duty, honor, country" and made it their own, as well as women like Tarpeia who betrayed Rome's values and the Sabine women, who personified it. |
 | | During the historical struggles between the Patricians and the Plebians during the rule of the Decemvirs (451 BC), Verginia (or Virginia) was the educated young daughter of a well-respected army officer, Verginius, and the fiancée of a young and prominent plebian, Icilius. |
 | | Appius fell in love - or lust - with Verginia and, in the absence of her father and fiancé with the army, attempted to seduce her, but was repeatedly rebuffed. |
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